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Peep_Show said:
This weekend is coop repair and deep cleaning. My elder laying flock retired and got rehomed to a new location and the 10 replacement pullets in the garage need to relocate as they've outgrown their welcome therein. Nothing like having to wash your car due to chicken dander!
Projects beget projects, so anticipating a garage cleaning soonly...
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So.... what happened to the older flock? Someone wanted them for stew hens...or???

I am thinking it would be nice to get rid of a few of my flock that are not as close to SOP as I would like... but.... too much ..bother... :idunno
 
Alaskan said:
So.... what happened to the older flock? Someone wanted them for stew hens...or???
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No, they get to live out their days in cushy retirement in a bigger coop and a more fun and spacious yard to mosey around in.
I had given my previous flock to a friend as she had a stray rooster that got dumped on her property and thought he might want company. "Do you want a flock?" I took my bevy of old lady hens over there only to discover he was a bantam. He was ecstatic and full of ambition and the hens were like "What's this pigeony pipsqueak??"
Long story shorter, now a few years later most of those hens have passed and friend asks, "So what happens when one of the two remaining chickens dies? Do they do well solo?" "Do you want another flock?" and -- voila! -- my retired birds fill a void. They'll still lay sporadically (in fact, one of the previous ones I gave her still is churning them out), but they're not up to my production values. Friend just enjoys having chickens around for ambiance, eggs and her grandkids.
Kind of cool that when I went to drop the new flock off, the two remaining birds ran right up to me. "Hi, Annie! Hi, Maya!" I guess chickens have pretty good memories. :)
 
Peep_Show said:
No, they get to live out their days in cushy retirement in a bigger coop and a more fun and spacious yard to mosey around in.
I had given my previous flock to a friend as she had a stray rooster that got dumped on her property and thought he might want company. "Do you want a flock?" I took my bevy of old lady hens over there only to discover he was a bantam. He was ecstatic and full of ambition and the hens were like "What's this pigeony pipsqueak??"
Long story shorter, now a few years later most of those hens have passed and friend asks, "So what happens when one of the two remaining chickens dies? Do they do well solo?" "Do you want another flock?" and -- voila! -- my retired birds fill a void. They'll still lay sporadically (in fact, one of the previous ones I gave her still is churning them out), but they're not up to my production values. Friend just enjoys having chickens around for ambiance, eggs and her grandkids.
Kind of cool that when I went to drop the new flock off, the two remaining birds ran right up to me. "Hi, Annie! Hi, Maya!" I guess chickens have pretty good memories. :)
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Nice!!! :clap
 
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